Devil Jam
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The roguelite action game, Devil Jam, can be a bit of a grind to start, but it has potential with some interesting strategic elements, battle effects, and heavy metal approach to gameplay. It's a respectable "not bad", but it may need a little help.
A presentation reminiscent of Hades is the cherry on top of Devil Jam, a Survivors-like brought to life with metal music and a beat that will keep you headbanging from start to finish. Only the bosses are going to get in the way of your fun here, but you're absolutely going to want to keep trying to best them.
Top-down roguelite survivors-style experience in which you'll have to fight your way out of hell
After signing a deal with the Devil, the protagonist of Devil Jam is cast into the underworld to perform his gig over and over again. For eternity. Whilst this was the story I was presented and expected to follow on from this, I did find the story offering to be somewhat lacklustre. Whilst not an essential part of survivor-like rogue-likes, when presented with the premise of a story, I would have enjoyed seeing it expanded.
The game has fantastic artwork, from the sins to the demons, everything is visually striking. Even the scenery, though simple, with its earthy, bluish ground, has personality. The problem is that there seems to be only one level, sustained by the same music and with a huge variation in available abilities. In the end, Devil Jam leaves the feeling of a game with great potential that fell short.
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Devil Jam has a great premise, fantastic art, and a fun mechanical twist on the survivors-like genre. However, it feels unfinished, providing not a whole lot of content and making players grind pretty hard to get what is there. Mechanically and narratively light, the game would be in a great spot for an Early Access release, but short of a full launch.
Devil Jam is a solid player in survivors-like games, and I think most players who enjoy them will want to give it a play. I even see a chance at this game drawing in from the music crowd, especially because of the rhythm-like mechanics. It is a fun, rewarding play loop that has the air of addictiveness to it. It’s a great game to spend time on, and the increasing difficulty scale keeps it somewhat different as you progress.
Devil Jam is a curious experience. Like one of those catchy songs we hear on the radio every day, it manages to entertain and captivate us, but invariably, we end up with the feeling that it could have been much better.
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